Presentation copy, boldly SIGNED by the author to the ffep "Joe, With love, Bricky". A colouful, exuberant memoir by the legendary Bricktop (aka Ada Smith), singer, talent scout, intimate of the rich and infamous, proprietor of the most famous... read more...

Welcome Rain Publishers, New York, 2000, Stated First Edition. This is the first biography of the extraordinary multi-instrumentalist , an appropriately colourful account which makes good use of three years of in-depth interviews with Rahsaan’s... read more...

Oxford University Press, New York, 2000, First Printing with complete number line. A vivid portrait of the lives and careers of Fayard and Harold Nicholas, two of the greatest jazz dancers of the twentieth century, which draws on extensive... read more...

Oxford University Press, New York, 1987, First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Warmly inscribed and SIGNED by Buck Clayton at the title page, "To my man Jimmie, With admiration, Buck". Also SIGNED, dated and inscribed,at the Contents page, "To Jimmy,... read more...

Oxford University Press, New York, 1987, First U.S. Edition, First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by Buck Clayton to the previous owner at the title page and additionally SIGNED and inscribed at the rear blank page by the members of the acclaimed... read more...

Peter Davies, London, 1961, True First Edition, First Printing. Stuart is the pseudonym for Dorothy Tait who was George Lewis' longtime manager; she assembled the memoir from notes taken over years on the road with the great New Orleans clarinetist... read more...

Peter Davies, London, 1961, First Edition, First Printing. Stuart is the pseudonym for Dorothy Tait who was George Lewis' longtime manager; her biography is assembled from notes taken over years on the road with the great New Orleans clarinetist and... read more...

Peter Davies, London, 1961, First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed at the ffep, "With my very best wishes, Dorothy Tait (Jay Allison Stuart)". Stuart is the pseudonym for Dorothy Tait who was George Lewis' longtime manager; her... read more...

Presentation copy, SIGNED and inscribed at the verso of the ffep, ""For Jack Rael- Many thanks for all your help-Leslie Gourse". Rael was Carmen McRae's long-time manager and was interviewed extensively by the author for this biography. The first... read more...

Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002, First Printing with complete number line. Long overdue, the first comprehesive biography of the great jazz composer, arranger and band leader. In a career spanning nearly six decades, seemingly "immune to the... read more...

Da Capo Press, New York, May 2002, Stated Uncorrected Page Proofs, First Edition, First Printing. The first comprehensive study devoted to the great arranger and composer's life and work. Winner of the Ascap Deems Taylor Award in 2003. Near fine in... read more...

Beech Tree Books, Morrow, New York, 1987, First Printing with complete number line. SIGNED, dated and inscribed, by the author on the half title page, "For X, with thanks for help, in research and, keeping an archive, for everyone, Gary Giddins,... read more...

Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1975, Stated First Edition. The first comprehensive biography of the great saxophonist, which relies heavily on interviews with his boyhood friends, fellow musicians and spirtual mentors; with b & w photographs and... read more...

Berkeley Hills Books, Berkeley CA, 2000, First English Language Edition, First Printing. Originally published in Dutch in 1989, the first comprehensive account of Baker's life and career to appear in English, preceding James Gavin's better known... read more...

Victor Gollancz, London, 1957, First Edition, First Printing, with no further printings indicated. The first comprehensive biography of the Count by an esteemed British jazz writer, with a discography by Alun Morgan. In red cloth boards, top fore... read more...

Gollanz, London, 1957, First Edition, First Printing. The first comprehensive biography of the Count by an esteemed British jazz writer with vintage b&w photos and discography by Alun Morgan. In red cloth boards, slight fading and compression to... read more...

The University Of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1987, First Printing with complete number line. A vivid, anecdotal oral history, compiled from fifteen years of taped interviews by co-author Ottenheimer with the veteran bluesman. He recounts his... read more...

Smithsonian Instituion Press, Washington & London, 1992, First Printing with complete number line. SIGNED and inscribed by the author at the half title page. Jazz historian and musician Vache makes extensive use of Hopkin's autobiographal journals,... read more...